The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 2044
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
10:50 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1498
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.61° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.