The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
5:15 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 26.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.47° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.63° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.