The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
6:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1572
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 | 167.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 2.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.49° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.25° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.