The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 904
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 0.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.61° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.93° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.