The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 2045
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
8:12 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1510
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.98° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.88° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.