The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 2092
Waning Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
1:19 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2091
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 234.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.04° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.22° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.