The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 2198
Waning Crescent
7.6% 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
5:32 AM
3:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3402
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.29° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.56° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.