The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 2105
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
9:55 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2252
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 | 243.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -11.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.18° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.24° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.