The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 166.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.76° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.81° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.