The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 2048
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
8:15 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1547
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 | 200.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.08° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.60° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.