The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 2076
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
4:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1893
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 185.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.14° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.74° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.