The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 1943
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
3:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 313.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 204.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.53° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.58° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.