The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 2181
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
9:21 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3192
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 | 227.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.59° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.15° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.