The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1913
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
5:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -123
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 172.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.73° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.73° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.