The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1930
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
8:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 88
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 339.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.22° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.44° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.