The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
9:54 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1028
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 117.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.48° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.39° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.