The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 1980
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
7:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 706
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 | 186.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 339.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.79° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.