The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% 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
12:46 PM
2:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -11
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 | 107.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.12° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.94° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.