The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2157
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
10:35 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2895
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.95° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.65° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.