The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2025
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
10:59 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1263
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 | 55.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.46° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.42° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.