The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 2003
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
8:15 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 991
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 136.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.11° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.13° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.