The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2021
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
12:55 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.85° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.33° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.