The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 124.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.33° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.93° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.