The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 259.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.92° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.25° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.