The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1968
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
12:13 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 81.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.27° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.29° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.