The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1942
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
10:33 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 236
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 | 245.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.55° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.23° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.