The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1942
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
9:58 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 236
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 | 232.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -1.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.86° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.08° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.