The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 2018
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
10:47 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 247.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.11° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.09° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| 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.