The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1920
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:33 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 210.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.06° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.42° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.