The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2174
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
7:40 AM
5:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3105
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 | 354.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 173.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.25° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.17° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 35.6° |
| 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.