The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1900
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
11:55 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.20° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.97° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.