The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1995
Waxing Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
10:14 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 892
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.49° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.