The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2121
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:05 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2450
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 | 224.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.21° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.33° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| 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.