The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
4:33 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3217
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.83° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.39° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| 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.