The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 1957
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 422
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.81° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.38° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.