The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 6, 2186
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
9:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3254
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.28° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.99° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.