The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
1:49 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2846
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.18° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.55° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.