The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 2002
Waning Crescent
28.0% 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
3:11 AM
1:00 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 296.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.98° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.52° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.