The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2056
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
7:49 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:20 AM, is deepest at 7:24 AM and ends at 9:28 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 344.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.93° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.