The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1934
Waning Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
9:41 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 137
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.25° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.54° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.