The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 1961
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
9:36 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 223.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.75° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.73° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.