The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1964
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
6:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 163.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.05° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.77° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.