The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1913
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
1:27 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -123
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -28.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.30° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.98° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.