The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
4:18 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1065
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 | 126.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 27.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.23° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.65° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.