The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1948
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
2:36 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 322.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -26.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.71° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.21° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.