The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
9:32 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1040
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 | 229.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.28° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.83° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| 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.