The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1900
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.22° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.80° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.