The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 2016
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
12:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.45° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.99° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.