The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 2025
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
9:46 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1263
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.12° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.60° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.