The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1978
Waning Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
12:15 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 681
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.66° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.57° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.