The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 2152
Waning Crescent
3.4% 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
6:46 AM
3:58 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2833
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 189.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.49° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.60° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.