The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1953
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
8:47 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.01° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.89° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.