The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1959
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
5:08 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 346.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 184.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.58° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.68° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.