The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1900
Waxing Crescent
4.3% 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
8:21 AM
8:17 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 138.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.83° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.53° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.