The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1999
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 250.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.96° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.45° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.