The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
11:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.68° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.44° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.