The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 2018
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
9:43 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1176
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.24° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.81° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.