The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 2057
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:33 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1658
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 184.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.29° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.94° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.