The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1953
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
10:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.23° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.63° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.