The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1969
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
9:35 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 570
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.53° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.41° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.