The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 2178
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
9:24 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3155
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 | 234.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.55° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.58° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| 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.