The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2045
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
9:31 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1510
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.60° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.28° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.