The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 1959
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
1:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.11° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.93° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.