The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 1916
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
7:24 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -85
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 150.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.64° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.47° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.