The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1929
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
2:00 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 75
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.99° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.40° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.