The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2158
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
10:07 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2908
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.48° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.94° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.