The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 1994
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
11:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 879
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.45° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.65° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.