The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 2021
Waning Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1213
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 | 282.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.84° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.16° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.