The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
3:41 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1572
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 | 123.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.25° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.81° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.