The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2099
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
7:58 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2178
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 343.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.68° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.