The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1970
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
12:30 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 296.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -26.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.80° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.21° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.