The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 2054
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
5:12 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1621
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.76° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.53° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.