The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1947
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
11:51 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 298
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 | 278.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.85° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.67° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.