The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 13, 1971
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
8:44 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 216.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.07° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.84° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.