The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1949
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
9:23 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 323
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.10° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.62° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.