The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1923
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
7:23 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 346.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.45° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 186.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.