The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
4:34 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -110
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 | 127.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 28.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.88° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.34° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.