The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 1919
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
10:33 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -48
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.33° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.