The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 2007
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
8:06 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 340.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.87° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.