The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1994
Waning Crescent
24.9% 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
3:31 AM
1:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 300.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 228.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.01° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.99° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.