The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
3:53 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 298
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.41° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.02° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.