The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1201
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 | 97.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.45° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.84° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.