The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
5:38 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2005
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 | 146.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.57° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.49° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.