The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
2:11 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.25° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.74° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.