The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 2120
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2438
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.76° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.55° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.