The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 2011
Waxing Crescent
6.3% 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
8:29 AM
8:43 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 28.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.27° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.43° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.