The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 1904
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
7:19 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 347.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.70° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 191.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.