The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 1, 2155
New Moon
0.4% 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
7:44 AM
5:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2870
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 172.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.20° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.37° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 31.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.