The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 1994
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:25 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 879
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.31° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.81° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.