The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2049
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
11:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1560
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 9.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.72° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.63° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.