The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1986
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
3:09 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 780
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.24° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.83° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.