The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
7:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 100
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 6.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.53° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.84° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.