The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 2009
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1065
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 | 74.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.12° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.27° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.