The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 2051
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 255.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.89° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.71° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.