The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 2038
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
6:26 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1424
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.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 160.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.30° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.49° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.