The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
6:26 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1473
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.85° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.09° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.