The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 1999
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
10:25 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 239.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.90° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.30° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.