The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 1972
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
10:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 261.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.76° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.27° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.