The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 2059
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
9:56 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1683
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 | 224.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.14° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.97° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.