The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
2:08 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 496
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 | 107.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.55° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.09° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.