The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2059
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
10:18 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1683
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 | 235.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / 0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.10° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.11° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| 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.