The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1921
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
4:08 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -24
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 197.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.10° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.06° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.