The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 166.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 4.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 15.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.66° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.28° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.