The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
3:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1164
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.62° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.13° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.