The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 1983
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.35° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.22° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.