The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 2002
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
12:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 284.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.91° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.35° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.