The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Waning Crescent
26.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
1:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.03° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.33° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.