The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1991
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
9:13 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 842
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 | 224.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.31° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.48° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.