The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3217
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 | 170.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 359.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.29° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.98° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.