The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 2108
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2289
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.71° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.79° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| 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.