The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 2105
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
9:28 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2252
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.08° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.10° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.