The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
4:27 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1201
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 | 132.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.85° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.39° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.