The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1980
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
9:00 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.73° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.22° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.