The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
1:49 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 102.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.03° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.67° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.