The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 2054
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
2:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1621
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.22° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.96° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.