The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 2105
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
8:34 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2252
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 | 209.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.13° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.82° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.