The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1958
Waning Gibbous
97.1% 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
7:59 PM
8:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 434
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.51° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.89° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.7° |
| 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.