The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
5:09 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1770
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 | 138.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.76° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.26° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| 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.