The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1968
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
10:12 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 48.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 112.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.81° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.