The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2022
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
6:25 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 159.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.18° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.71° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.