The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
5:46 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 172.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.05° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.99° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.