The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 13, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:44 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 385
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.50° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.32° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.