The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2060
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
10:16 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1696
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -1.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.55° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.