The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1956
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
11:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.26° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.04° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.