The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
1:56 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.57° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.95° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.