The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
5:31 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1473
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 | 141.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 27.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.11° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.23° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.