The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 2074
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
11:23 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1869
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 | 63.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.40° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.68° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.