The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
4:29 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2883
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 | 127.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 28.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.96° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.87° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.