The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1912
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
9:26 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -135
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 | 217.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 304.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.84° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.86° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.