The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1917
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
7:11 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 352.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.65° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.