The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
3:46 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.14° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.08° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.