The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
2:44 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1263
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 | 107.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.95° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.75° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.