The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1989
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
12:45 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.10° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.01° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.