The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 1928
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
8:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 63
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 334.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.21° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.