The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
6:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -73
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 | 153.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.05° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.65° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.