The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
7:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1003
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 | 172.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 354.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.50° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.