The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 2166
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
10:44 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3007
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 | 53.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 0.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.68° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.59° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.