The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 13, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
3:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 249
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.42° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.21° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.