The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 13, 1904
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
3:51 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.75° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.82° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.