The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1983
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
10:18 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 743
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 | 231.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / 3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.25° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.93° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.