The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 2104
Waxing Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
12:03 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2240
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.91° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.61° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.