The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1953
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.82° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.47° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.