The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1916
Waxing Crescent
5.7% 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
8:36 AM
8:36 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -85
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 133.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.89° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.28° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.