The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1949
Waxing Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
12:21 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 323
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 | 82.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.55° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.91° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.