The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
3:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 830
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 | 115.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.06° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.61° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.