The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2178
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
8:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3155
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.17° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.44° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.