The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2059
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
12:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1683
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 | 280.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.89° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.44° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.75° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| 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.