The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 1, 2049
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
5:11 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1559
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.41° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.41° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.