The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 1998
Waxing Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.39° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.56° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.