The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2083
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
7:37 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1980
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 11:39 AM, is deepest at 1:24 PM and ends at 3:08 PM. Totality lasts from 12:50 PM to 1:57 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.34° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.