The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 4, 1946
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
8:44 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 31.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.86° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.19° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.