The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
5:02 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 140.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 21.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.78° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.94° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.