The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1961
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
8:34 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 200.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.58° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.45° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.