The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 4, 2013
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.73° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.61° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.