The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 2040
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
10:34 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1448
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.80° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.48° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.