The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 1950
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
9:40 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.95° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.61° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.