The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 1999
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
8:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 331.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.26° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.75° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.