The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 2078
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
10:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1918
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.12° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.89° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.