The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 2181
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3192
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.75° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.