The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 1969
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
8:29 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 570
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.08° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.00° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.