The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 1915
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
8:31 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -98
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 325.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.47° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.32° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.