The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1960
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
11:56 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 68.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.58° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.17° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.