The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
2:44 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 867
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.11° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.02° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.