The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 2074
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1869
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.35° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.51° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.