The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1903
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
9:59 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -246
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 | 45.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 0.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.92° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.58° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.