The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1953
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
9:50 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 372
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 | 242.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -11.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.67° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.32° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.