The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
2:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 224
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 | 114.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 54.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.16° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.15° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.