The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 13, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
2:57 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.31° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.93° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.