The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
9:16 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 991
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 | 38.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 123.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.51° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.94° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.