The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
1:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 224
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 | 103.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.92° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.30° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.