The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1991
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
10:32 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 842
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.69° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.92° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.