The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1992
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
4:05 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 854
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 192.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.62° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.98° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.