The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1901
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
8:16 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -271
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 | 203.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.07° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.63° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.