The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
5:11 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -184
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.91° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.29° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.