The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 2097
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:10 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2153
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.67° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.17° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.