The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.63° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.83° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.