The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
2:30 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3044
Events on this date
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Saturn and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.97° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.17° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.