The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 1994
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
2:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 312.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 217.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.55° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.17° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.