The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2141
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
3:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2697
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 196.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.62° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.50° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.