The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% 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
12:20 PM
2:41 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 109.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.75° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.62° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.