The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2070
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
2:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1819
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 222.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.44° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.18° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.