The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1987
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
11:58 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 793
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.53° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.83° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.