The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1997
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
12:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 916
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.47° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.52° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.37° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| 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.