The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2052
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1597
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 11.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.19° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.74° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.