The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1902
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
3:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -259
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 | 326.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 205.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.46° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.24° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.