The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
3:24 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1201
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 | 120.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.67° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.54° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.