The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1968
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 70.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 10.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.42° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.46° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.