The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
4:04 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 63
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 | 127.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.37° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.81° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.