The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1923
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
10:01 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1
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 | 234.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.49° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.26° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.