The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 2052
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
11:40 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1597
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.09° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.91° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.