The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1961
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
8:01 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 471
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 335.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.66° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.31° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.