The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 4, 2008
Waning Crescent
6.4% 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
6:13 AM
3:18 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.12° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.19° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.