The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1986
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
2:02 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 780
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 | 316.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.96° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.64° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.