The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
5:07 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 138.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.99° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.07° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| 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.