The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1953
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
9:28 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.69° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.17° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.