The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 2082
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
10:46 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1968
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.67° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.17° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.