The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 2049
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
8:52 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1560
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.92° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.01° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.