The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 2013
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
10:13 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 246.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.21° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.13° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.