The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2073
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
4:51 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1856
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 | 344.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 185.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.20° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.15° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.