The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1973
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
4:21 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 619
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 189.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.32° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.37° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.