The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 1999
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
9:56 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / 1.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.66° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.15° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.