The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:34 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.42° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.88° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.