The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1938
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
7:19 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 187
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.28° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.10° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.