The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 1986
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 780
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 | 276.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.26° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.11° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.