The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 2002
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
10:17 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 232.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.07° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.73° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.