The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
2:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 112.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.96° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.08° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.