The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
3:33 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1906
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.38° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.47° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.