The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1983
Waning Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
10:46 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 743
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 | 244.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.04° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.07° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.