The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
10:16 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 991
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 | 49.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.76° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.