The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 2091
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
8:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2079
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.66° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.14° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.