The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
2:29 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1634
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.50° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.67° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.