The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2010
Waning Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
11:29 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 278.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -23.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.28° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.87° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.