The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
1:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 96.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.04° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.43° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.