The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2083
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
9:21 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1980
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 | 230.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.69° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.89° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.