The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 2160
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
2:39 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2932
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 | 320.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 210.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.36° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.93° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.