The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2043
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
1:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1485
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 217.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -28.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.88° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.84° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.