The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2189
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
10:16 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3291
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.31° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.86° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| 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.