The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 2059
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1683
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.46° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.40° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.42° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.