The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1962
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
3:29 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 328.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 203.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.76° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.06° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.