The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2170
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3056
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.40° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.19° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.