The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 2095
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
7:00 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2129
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.55° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.06° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.