The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 2072
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
7:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1844
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 338.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.91° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.