The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2102
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
8:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2215
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 | 207.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.57° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.41° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.