The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
9:18 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 228.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.00° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.27° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.7° |
| 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.