The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 1960
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
10:57 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 57.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.88° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.34° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.