The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1923
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
9:24 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,700 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.98° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.12° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.