The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 1954
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
3:47 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 384
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 195.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.00° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.55° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.