The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
2:25 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 109.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 59.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.97° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.87° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.