The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 1957
Waxing Crescent
3.1% 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
8:11 AM
7:52 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 19.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.31° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.29° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.