The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
4:32 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 595
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 38.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.11° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.28° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.