The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 2054
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1621
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.12° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.14° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.