The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1916
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
3:32 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 196.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.41° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.95° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.