The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 1904
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
9:25 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -234
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 | 222.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.95° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.32° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.