The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 2011
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
7:45 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1090
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars 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 | 17.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.31° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.62° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.