The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
4:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 185.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.72° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.80° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.