The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Waning Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
2:38 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 953
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 | 317.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 213.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.92° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.32° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.