The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1910
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
1:28 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -160
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 | 305.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 221.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -24.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.02° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.59° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.