The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 1965
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
7:53 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 521
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 140.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.21° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.57° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.