The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 2122
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
1:11 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2462
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 | 303.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.68° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.31° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.