The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1997
Waning Crescent
5.7% 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
5:38 AM
4:00 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 916
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.75° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.10° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.