The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 2042
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
7:47 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1473
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 350.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.80° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.82° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 331.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.