The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 2049
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
10:00 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1560
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.82° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.