The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1987
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 793
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 | 78.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.27° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.65° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.