The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1976
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
10:28 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 49.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.10° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.