The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 1988
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
9:00 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 210.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.80° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.92° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.