The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
7:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 351.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.72° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.