The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 4, 2187
Waning Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
2:37 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3266
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.75° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.27° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.