The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 1921
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
3:15 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -24
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 | 323.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 208.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.26° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.87° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.