The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 2178
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
7:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3155
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.98° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 210.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.