The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
1:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 99.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.35° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.24° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.