The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1995
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
8:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 892
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 | 22.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 139.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.08° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.86° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.