The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 2084
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
3:01 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1992
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.67° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.07° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.