The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1970
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
3:53 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 337.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 190.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.83° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.78° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.