The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 2124
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
9:49 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2487
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.19° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.88° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.