The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 2084
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
6:50 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1993
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 158.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.64° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.35° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.