The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2108
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
12:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2289
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 | 289.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 239.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.17° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.27° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.