The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
4:02 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1671
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.33° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.10° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.