The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 2185
Waxing Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
9:24 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3242
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.02° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.97° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.