The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 5, 1939
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
8:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 199.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 322.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.66° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.