The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 4, 2019
New Moon
0.0% 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
7:38 AM
5:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 168.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.76° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.69° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 23.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.