The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 1992
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
6:04 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 854
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 168.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.22° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.63° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.