The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
6:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 164.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 5.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.02° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.67° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.