The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 2174
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
6:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3106
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 156.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.50° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.64° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.