The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1962
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
8:13 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 138.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.40° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.16° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.