The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 1938
Waxing Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
10:27 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 187
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 109.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 5.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.54° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.