The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
6:00 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1844
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 12.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.38° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.04° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.