The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 2041
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
9:06 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1461
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.30° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.54° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.