The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 1997
Waning Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 916
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 | 319.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.98° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.91° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.