The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
3:13 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2005
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.71° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.93° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| 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.