The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2014
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
9:35 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 39.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 120.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 0.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.91° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.86° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.