The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 2032
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
1:09 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1349
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.16° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.58° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| 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.