The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 2062
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
11:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1720
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.41° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.96° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.