The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 2073
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
3:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1856
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 210.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.04° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.77° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.