The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1976
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
7:36 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 16.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.57° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.66° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.