The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 1974
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
8:03 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 335.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.14° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.