The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 2160
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
4:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2932
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 188.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.93° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.31° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.