The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1908
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
5:07 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -185
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 177.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.20° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.62° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.