The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 2046
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
2:43 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1522
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 | 323.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 204.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -26.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.94° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.44° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.