The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 1937
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
12:41 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -23.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.45° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.75° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.