The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 2019
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
3:09 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1188
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 | 325.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 205.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.14° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.12° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.