The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1962
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
2:32 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 315.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 216.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.57° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.87° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.