The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1948
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
1:03 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 310
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -24.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.67° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.84° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.