The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
3:09 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2945
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus 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 | 115.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.52° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.72° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.