The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1920
Waning Gibbous
97.5% 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
7:50 PM
8:00 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -36
Events on this date
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Mercury 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 | 197.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 325.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.32° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.29° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.