The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Waning Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
9:46 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 241.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.25° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.41° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.