The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 1956
Waning Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
1:26 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -22.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.13° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.55° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.