The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1919
Waxing Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
11:44 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 62.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.49° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.15° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.