The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2076
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
3:20 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1893
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 200.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.06° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.55° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.