The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
4:22 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1770
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.82° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.41° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.