The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 1911
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -147
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.70° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.53° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| 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.