The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2040
Last Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
11:28 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1448
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.57° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.78° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.