The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2016
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
4:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 196.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.51° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.90° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.