The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 1970
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
1:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 309.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 217.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.09° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.40° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.