The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
3:00 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 966
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 | 116.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.56° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.33° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.