The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1984
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
6:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 756
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 | 7.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 157.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.89° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.15° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.