The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1972
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 607
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -15.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.89° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.11° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.