The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 1946
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
5:20 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 285
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 173.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.31° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.23° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.