The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1976
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 71.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.42° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.74° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.