The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 1975
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
10:56 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.31° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.69° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.