The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1972
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
8:39 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 206.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 315.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.42° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.53° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.