The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2027
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
2:05 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1287
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 | 317.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 210.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.71° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.64° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.