The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2053
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:30 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1609
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.76° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.81° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.