The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1945
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:29 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 273
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 | 261.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.27° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.44° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.