The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 2021
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
10:11 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1213
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 | 230.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.29° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.54° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.