The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 1989
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
3:59 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.11° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.57° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.