The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
1:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1436
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.20° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.19° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.