The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2173
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
9:55 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3093
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 | 232.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.52° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.60° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.