The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 2047
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1535
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.26° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.84° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.