The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 2029
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
9:44 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1312
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.05° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.21° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.