The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 1926
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 38
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.18° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.15° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.