The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 2170
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
10:24 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3056
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.15° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.04° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.