The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 2078
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1918
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -9.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.93° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.05° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.