The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
6:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 171.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 357.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.09° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.74° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| 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.