The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 2002
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 259.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.75° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.03° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.