The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
7:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2549
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 | 172.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 356.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.31° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.