The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 2187
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
3:27 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3266
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 200.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.67° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.45° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.