The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 1977
Waning Gibbous
99.5% 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
6:51 PM
7:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 669
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 | 186.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.52° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.55° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.