The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 4, 1918
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
11:23 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -61
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.41° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.77° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.