The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 1997
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
1:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 916
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 | 292.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.82° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.34° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.54° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.