The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
6:01 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 904
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 13.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.67° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.07° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.