The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 1984
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
8:30 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 756
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -10.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.65° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.77° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.