The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 2071
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1832
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 | 74.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.56° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.92° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.