The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 2008
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
12:33 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.38° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.64° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.