The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 2060
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
9:01 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1696
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.69° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.73° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.