The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1991
Waning Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
9:38 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 842
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -9.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.48° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.62° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.