The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 2178
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
8:25 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3155
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 2.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.37° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.31° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.