The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 2028
Waxing Crescent
39.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1300
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.72° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.48° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.