The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1946
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
9:54 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 44.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / -4.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.00° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.