The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
1:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 731
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 | 104.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.02° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.28° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.