The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 2046
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
1:44 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1522
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.50° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.26° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.