The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 2038
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
5:25 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1423
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 173.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.75° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.32° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.