The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1956
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 409
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 | 247.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.99° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.73° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| 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.