The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1951
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
3:55 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 189.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.28° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.97° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.