The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 2043
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
2:21 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1485
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 | 320.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 206.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.56° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.02° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.