The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 2056
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1646
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 | 249.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.68° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.69° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.