The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
3:57 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 533
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.78° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.21° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.