The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 2177
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
12:13 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3143
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.56° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.94° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.