The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 1975
Last Quarter
45.4% 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
1:27 AM
11:36 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.64° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.84° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.