The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 1961
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
10:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 471
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.68° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.02° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.