The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
5:46 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 152.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.71° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.80° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.