The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 2161
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
12:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2945
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 | 80.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.25° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.18° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.