The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 5, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
5:06 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1436
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 | 139.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.06° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.59° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.