The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1902
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.46° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.52° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.