The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
4:25 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 342.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 185.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.84° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.38° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.