The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
6:02 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1609
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 12.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.68° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.85° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.