The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 1971
Waxing Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 595
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.70° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.90° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.