The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1919
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 75.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.74° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.98° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.