The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1983
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 743
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 | 280.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.69° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.54° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.