The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1948
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
1:46 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 310
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 215.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -26.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.75° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.02° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| 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.