The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1988
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
9:19 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 221.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.70° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.06° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.