The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
1:23 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3044
Events on this date
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Mars, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.30° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.32° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.