The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2185
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
7:13 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3242
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 150.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.95° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.34° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.