The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1978
Waning Crescent
21.0% 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
3:41 AM
1:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 681
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 225.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.29° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.92° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.