The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 2016
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
2:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 310.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.80° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.52° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.