The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 1905
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
8:15 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 24.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.18° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.40° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.