The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:43 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 149.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 21.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.45° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.20° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.