The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 2005
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
12:54 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 300.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 225.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.91° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.25° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.