The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1923
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.88° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.41° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.