The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1918
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
12:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 285.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.99° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.94° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.