The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 4, 1980
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
9:30 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.56° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.36° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.