The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1957
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
11:44 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 63.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.39° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.55° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.