The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1927
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
10:04 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 51
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -3.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.81° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.