The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1948
Last Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
11:25 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 310
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.00° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.34° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.