The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
7:40 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 188.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 337.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.68° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.