The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1931
Waning Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
9:48 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 100
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 | 231.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -2.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.60° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.81° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.