The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1970
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
5:16 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 582
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.05° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.97° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.