The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2197
Waning Gibbous
94.6% 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
8:39 PM
8:22 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3390
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.05° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.11° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.4° |
| 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.