The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1975
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
2:02 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 644
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 | 310.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.60° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.36° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.