The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 297.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.00° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.78° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.