The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 6, 2173
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
11:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3093
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 | 281.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.34° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.22° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.