The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
10:39 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1213
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 | 243.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.46° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.69° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.