The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1962
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
6:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.30° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.35° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.