The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
5:27 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -209
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 | 148.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 23.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.09° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.74° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.