The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 2198
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
5:43 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3402
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.71° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.95° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.