The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
5:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -36
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 27.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.55° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.23° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.