The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 2054
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
1:12 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1621
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.04° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.60° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.