The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 2188
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:54 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3279
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.96° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.36° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.