The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 2036
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1399
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.08° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.95° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.