The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 1918
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
9:51 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 241.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.13° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.30° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.