The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
4:07 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2945
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 | 127.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 43m / 21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.13° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.57° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.