The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
6:46 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.56° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.12° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.