The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1981
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
4:45 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 718
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 184.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.49° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.06° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.