The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 2017
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1164
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 92.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.86° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.76° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.