The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1959
Waning Crescent
5.3% 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
5:42 AM
4:05 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 333.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.94° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.48° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.