The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1975
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
8:43 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 131.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 1.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.39° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.29° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.