The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 2002
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
10:47 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 245.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -3.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.59° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.88° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| 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.