The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Waning Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
2:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.45° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.96° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.