The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 5, 1996
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
7:48 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 191.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.78° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.34° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.