The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1981
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
6:57 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 719
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 154.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.88° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.55° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.