The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 2008
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
1:20 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.43° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.82° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.