The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 2041
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
8:23 AM
6:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1461
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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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.96° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.92° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.