The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1992
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
9:01 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 855
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / 0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.17° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.06° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.