The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 2070
Waning Crescent
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
11:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1819
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.70° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.66° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.