The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1977
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
8:07 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 669
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 | 199.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.08° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.69° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.