The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
11:02 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 57.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.99° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.93° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.