The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 2018
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
8:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 195.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.65° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.54° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.