The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1965
Waxing Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
11:01 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 521
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 | 57.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 1.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.08° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.02° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.