The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1938
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
11:32 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 60.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.13° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.36° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.