The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1902
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
4:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 193.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.99° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.43° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.