The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2127
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2524
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.72° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.59° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| 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.