The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 434
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 | 171.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.72° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.