The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1979
Waxing Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
11:19 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 61.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.45° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.53° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.