The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1908
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
10:04 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -184
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.61° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.