The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1934
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
10:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 137
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 | 261.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.64° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.85° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.