The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2026
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
9:24 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1275
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 | 227.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.98° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.48° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| 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.