The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 13, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
1:54 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 96.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.79° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.55° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.