The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 13, 1915
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
5:43 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -98
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 173.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.01° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.31° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.