The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1978
Waning Crescent
31.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
1:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.2%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 292.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.81° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.75° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.