The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 77.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.92° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.32° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.