The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 2014
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
10:43 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1127
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.07° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.68° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.