The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 6, 2157
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
2:13 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2895
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.07° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.52° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.