The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
1:29 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1634
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 | 98.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.56° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.83° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.