The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1967
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
11:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 545
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.68° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.31° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.