The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 13, 1988
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
1:08 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 805
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.04° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.20° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.