The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 1978
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
4:04 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 681
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 198.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.98° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.30° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.