The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 13, 1980
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
3:16 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 706
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 | 323.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 207.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.84° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.86° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.