The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 2011
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
9:41 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1090
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.16° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.24° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.