The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 1969
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
8:52 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 204.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 9.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.71° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.13° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.