The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 13, 1929
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
10:23 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 76
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.45° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.06° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.