The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1964
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
10:06 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 508
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 | 226.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.70° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.14° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.