The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 2160
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
5:33 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2932
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 176.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.76° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.50° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.