The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 1986
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
1:05 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 780
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.67° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.46° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.