The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1969
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
2:24 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 570
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 207.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -27.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.37° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.58° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.