The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
5:31 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 768
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 | 142.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.06° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.28° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.