The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 2011
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
6:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 6.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.24° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.82° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.