The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 1988
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
8:40 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 199.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.97° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.78° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.