The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1920
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
7:25 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -36
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 341.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.21° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.