The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 4, 1957
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
10:44 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 52.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.20° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.