The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 13, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
5:38 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 153.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.32° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.68° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.