The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 13, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 620
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 24.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.11° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.52° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.