The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1996
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
8:20 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 202.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 318.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.04° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.47° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.