The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1989
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
1:39 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 817
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 | 312.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 214.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.34° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.19° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.