The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
5:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 669
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 | 150.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 21.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.34° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.84° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.