The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2176
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
1:45 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3130
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 | 312.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 214.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -27.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.88° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.15° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.