The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 1984
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
10:27 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 756
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 | 51.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / -0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.40° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.39° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| 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.