The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 298
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 0.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.85° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.62° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.