The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2119
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
1:02 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2425
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -28.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.65° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.73° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.