The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 2040
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
10:10 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1448
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.78° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.33° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.