The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% 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
11:41 AM
2:10 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.93° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.76° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.