The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
4:13 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 731
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 | 131.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.80° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.99° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| 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.