The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2105
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2252
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 | 254.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.10° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.39° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.