The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 2089
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
11:48 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2054
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.72° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.29° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.