The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 2051
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
10:14 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 244.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.07° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.56° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.