The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
3:49 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1028
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 45.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.77° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.39° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.