The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1926
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
12:15 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 38
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.08° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.19° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.48° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.