The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 2187
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
1:52 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3266
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 | 307.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.71° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.08° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.