The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2035
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
4:37 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1386
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 189.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.72° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.71° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.