The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 2184
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
10:44 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3229
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.96° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.83° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.