The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
7:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 352.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.99° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.77° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.