The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
6:28 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 768
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 13.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.57° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.14° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.