The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 120.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.31° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.71° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.