The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 1904
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
10:02 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -234
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 | 235.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.37° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.46° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.