The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1989
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
2:45 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 203.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -27.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.02° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.38° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.