The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 2140
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
7:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2685
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 | 187.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 337.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.10° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.