The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 2000
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
7:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 954
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 150.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.51° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.72° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.