The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 1924
Waning Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
2:38 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 13
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 216.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.58° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.27° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.