The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 2081
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
1:50 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1955
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 212.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -28.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.27° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.29° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.