The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1970
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
6:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Venus 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 | 5.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.30° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.83° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.