The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2040
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1448
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 | 254.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.05° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.63° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.