The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 2013
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 258.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.84° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.28° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.