The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1980
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
9:58 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 706
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 | 230.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.36° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.51° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.