The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1959
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
3:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 211.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.11° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.30° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.