The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 2048
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1547
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 | 251.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.93° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.17° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.