The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 2198
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
2:21 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3402
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.37° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.38° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.