The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
6:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 159.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 10.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.59° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.87° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.