The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2071
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
11:31 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1832
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.33° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.09° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.