The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
1:26 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 694
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.38° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.02° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.