The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2149
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
12:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2796
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.69° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.46° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.