The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
2:40 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2339
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 56.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.26° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.58° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.59° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.