The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 2010
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 254.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.04° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.56° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.