The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 2076
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
2:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1893
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 214.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.25° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.36° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.