The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 2016
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
3:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 322.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.96° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.70° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.