The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 4, 2188
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3279
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.63° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.83° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.