The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 1929
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
2:51 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 75
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 202.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.95° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.59° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.