The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
5:26 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 139.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 28.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 27.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.77° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.13° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.