The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1968
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
9:10 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 558
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 36.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.70° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.00° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.