The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 2018
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
9:07 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 209.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.15° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.67° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.