The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
3:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 117.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.92° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.22° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.