The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
3:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1869
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 | 117.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.21° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.86° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| 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.