The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 2056
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
9:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.81° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.41° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.