The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 1935
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
3:31 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 149
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 197.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.14° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.73° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.