The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
5:44 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 148.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 21.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.90° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.01° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.