The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 2006
Waxing Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
11:08 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1028
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 | 57.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.99° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.21° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.