The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1912
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
9:50 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -135
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 | 230.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -1.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.80° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.00° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.