The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 2023
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
8:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1238
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 | 190.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.89° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.68° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.