The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1904
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -234
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 | 248.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.36° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.61° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.