The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
1:21 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2277
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.65° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.