The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1959
Waning Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
12:22 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.03° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.76° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.