The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 2089
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
1:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2054
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 | 306.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.91° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.81° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.