The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1990
Waxing Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.55° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.09° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.