The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 1965
Waxing Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
9:57 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 521
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 | 45.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.20° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.