The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1994
Waning Gibbous
57.3% 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
12:12 AM
10:55 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 261.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.41° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.49° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.