The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
3:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -209
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 | 125.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.03° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.02° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.