The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1961
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
9:06 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 211.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.59° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.59° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.