The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% 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
1:53 PM
4:13 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 128.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.19° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.08° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.