The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 2146
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
1:30 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2759
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.90° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.07° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.