The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2122
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
4:26 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2462
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 189.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.84° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.87° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.