The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 2022
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1226
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 | 69.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.95° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.78° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.