The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
2:24 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 110.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 58.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.30° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.28° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.