The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
4:31 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.09° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.47° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.