The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 2051
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
1:28 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 300.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.22° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.38° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.