The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
2:44 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 112.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 56.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.90° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.51° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.