The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1940
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
3:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 330.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.46° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.68° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.