The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 1932
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
3:47 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 112
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 190.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.91° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.16° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.