The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 13, 1956
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
8:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 20.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.69° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.11° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.