The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 2084
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
5:35 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1992
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 174.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.11° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.46° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.