The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2045
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
9:06 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1510
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.47° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.14° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.