The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 1950
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
8:51 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 335
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 | 203.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.47° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.34° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.