The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1922
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
10:27 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -11
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 | 51.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.77° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.