The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 2030
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
10:28 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1325
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 7.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.43° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.