The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
7:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 19.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.38° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.93° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.