The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1973
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
7:35 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 15.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 147.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.43° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.06° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.